as in powerful
strongly and heavily built
a beefy man who worked in a warehouse all his life
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Recent Examples of beefy
The tender, beefy flat iron is my go-to at the counter-service restaurant that also makes one of the city’s best burgers.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
Under the hood remained a mix of inline-sixes and V-8s, with the powertrain lineup growing in size and power after a 1986 mid-life refresh; the beefiest, a 5.5-liter eight-cylinder found in the 560 SEL, reached 296 hp.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Prime Video on Tuesday morning announced a series order for a spinoff of Reacher, one of the streamer’s beefiest hits, centered on Maria Sten‘s Frances Neagley.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
And this time, beefier 4-pot Brembo brakes were added to the package.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
Under the hood remained a mix of inline-sixes and V-8s, with the powertrain lineup growing in size and power after a 1986 mid-life refresh; the beefiest, a 5.5-liter eight-cylinder found in the 560 SEL, reached 296 hp.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Prime Video on Tuesday morning announced a series order for a spinoff of Reacher, one of the streamer’s beefiest hits, centered on Maria Sten‘s Frances Neagley.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
And this time, beefier 4-pot Brembo brakes were added to the package.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefy
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Notre Dame went ahead with a powerful, 2-yard rush by Jeremiyah Love, who broke four tackles to reach the goal line.Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires have ravaged the Pacific Palisades neighborhood west of downtown amid powerful winds and an overtaxed water supply.Isaiah Murtaugh, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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But Hayes was unaware of her athletic capabilities.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bohn resigned in May 2023, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Allen, 35, the city worker, is a burly University of Kansas graduate from Shawnee who, in his 20s, battled and beat his own addictions.Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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The burly defenseman was arguably the Flyers’ best player in their home-and-home with the Maple Leafs, playing a physical game while roaming all around the ice and creating scoring chances, too.Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Normani continues to show off her personal innovations on Brandy’s vocal playbook, while Khalid displays his growth as a duet partner, offering up a rich, husky complement to Mani’s airier timbre.Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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The country titan performed a series a barnburners that ran on his husky, soulful voice.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Apple AirPods 4 promise impressive sound quality and active noise-cancellation in their small but mighty package, and the latest MacBook Pro is equipped with a high-end display and an M4 chip for super speed and a long battery life.Clara McMahon, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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The red field highlights our present: Illinois' most iconic border, formed by the mighty Mississippi.Mark Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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There are machines with brawny German beer maids, flawless Chinese geishas, Manchu emperors on golden buffalo.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
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Their film is a cry for children left to their own devices — literally in the case of Apolline’s hulking Alienware gaming laptop.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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This is a hulking monstrosity of a PC case that can, for some reason, fit an E-ATX motherboard, an ITX motherboard, and the power supplies, fans, and GPUs for both systems in the same case at the same time.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rows of sturdy two- and three-story flats stand at attention on countless streets.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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During renovation work, the men’s first team have been moved into the women’s building, with the women housed in a temporary — but sturdy — portable cabin, and the Graduate Lounge has been turned into the academy and women’s teams’ canteen.Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Beefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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